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Frank Nijsen is Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Imaging department at Radboud university medical center Radboudumc). His research group focuses on experimental interventional nuclear medicine and is part of the research group MAGIC (Minimally Invasive Image-Guided Intervention Center). The development and optimization of real-time image guided local treatment with radioactive formulations for malignancies is an important part of the research conducted. Frank studied biology and medical biology at the University of Amsterdam. Frank performed his PhD research on "Radioactive holmium-loaded poly(L-lactic acid) microspheres for treatment of liver metastases" at the Departments of Pharmacy of the University of Utrecht and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU). After 2001 he was group leader at the UMCU until 2017. In 2011, he was asked by UMCU as the leading person in the valorization of the holmium microspheres for malignancies: GMP production, scale up, quality Assurance, market plan, co-founding the start-up company Quirem Medical (2013) and CE-mark (2015). Within Quirem Frank became Chief Scientific Officer. The valorization circle was successfully completed on July 15th, 2020 with the acquisition of Quirem by Terumo.In his role in the Radboudumc, his group is investigating (real-time) image-guided radioembolization and new applications for radioactive internal treatment with particles of tumors (brain, head & neck, pancreas, prostate and lung). His group also focuses on optimizing the techniques to obtain a better patient outcome; by investigating new microspheres, new and smart administration techniques, fully image-guided treatments, radiobiology & dosimetry and flow dynamics of these microspheres. Based on this research Frank received the Radboudumc PI predicate for a period of five years in 2018. The research is performed within the Research Theme “Tumors of the Digestive Tract” and is strongly linked to the work carried out within the unique Radboudumc facility: MITeC (Medical Innovation and Technology expert Center) . Within this research there is a close collaboration with the medical specialists (interventional radiologists, nuclear physicians, oncologists, radiotherapists and immunologists), Institutes of Technology, Pharmacy, patient associations and companies. The research that is performed fits into a strong bench-to-bedside-to-community approach within translational research.

Listed skills include Cancer, Mri, Clinical Research, Oncology, and 42 others.